The Government [Selling Off Canada/WHY?]
Government is selling off the very best of Canada
By June Ross, The Daily News
October 30, 2012
I am writing to raise the alarm bells for everyone and anyone who reads your paper. Canada is being stripped of everything that is precious to us. Our democracy, the rule of law, our environment, our natural resources are all being given away at fire sale prices through omnibus bills and extremely flawed trade agreements. It must be stopped or there will be nothing left of our country for us or our children.
The government is the seller of our country. Among the many issues of FIPA are the following: In one week Prime Minister Harper could commit Canada to the most sweeping trade deal in a generation without a single debate or vote.
If the Canada-China FIPA passes, it will pave the way for China's massive companies to spend billions buying out Canada's natural resource companies.
Under FIPA, China's companies can sue Canadian governments, federal, provincial or municipal, in secret tribunals outside the Canadian court system if those governments do anything that would limit the companies' profits in Canada. Why are we allowing this to happen?
The latest omnibus bill is also a travesty against all that we, as Canadians, hold dear, particularly in terms of the environment. Yes, this is happening once again.
The Navigable Waters Protection Act and the government's commitment to consulting Canadians to review its effectiveness was first adopted in 1882, and triggered federal environmental reviews of projects that threatened to disrupt bodies of water. The words are being changed in the Act from 'navigable waters' to 'navigation'. Anyone who reads this change knows what it means! Thousands of our lakes, rivers and streams will no longer be protected.
Final huge change? The Department of Transport's website appears to have deleted lines from its website that suggested "future opportunities for consultation."
Please, Canadians. I beg you to wake up and end this slaughter!
June Ross
Nanaimo, BC
Government is selling off the very best of Canada
By June Ross, The Daily News
October 30, 2012
I am writing to raise the alarm bells for everyone and anyone who reads your paper. Canada is being stripped of everything that is precious to us. Our democracy, the rule of law, our environment, our natural resources are all being given away at fire sale prices through omnibus bills and extremely flawed trade agreements. It must be stopped or there will be nothing left of our country for us or our children.
The government is the seller of our country. Among the many issues of FIPA are the following: In one week Prime Minister Harper could commit Canada to the most sweeping trade deal in a generation without a single debate or vote.
If the Canada-China FIPA passes, it will pave the way for China's massive companies to spend billions buying out Canada's natural resource companies.
Under FIPA, China's companies can sue Canadian governments, federal, provincial or municipal, in secret tribunals outside the Canadian court system if those governments do anything that would limit the companies' profits in Canada. Why are we allowing this to happen?
The latest omnibus bill is also a travesty against all that we, as Canadians, hold dear, particularly in terms of the environment. Yes, this is happening once again.
The Navigable Waters Protection Act and the government's commitment to consulting Canadians to review its effectiveness was first adopted in 1882, and triggered federal environmental reviews of projects that threatened to disrupt bodies of water. The words are being changed in the Act from 'navigable waters' to 'navigation'. Anyone who reads this change knows what it means! Thousands of our lakes, rivers and streams will no longer be protected.
Final huge change? The Department of Transport's website appears to have deleted lines from its website that suggested "future opportunities for consultation."
Please, Canadians. I beg you to wake up and end this slaughter!
June Ross
Nanaimo, BC
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